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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Ryuichi Namba, Tokyo, JP;
Mototsugu Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Nishiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/00 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G10L 25/18 (2013.01); G10L 25/93 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/005 (2013.01); G10L 25/18 (2013.01); G10L 2025/937 (2013.01); H04R 2430/21 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a sound processing apparatus including a sound separation unit that separates an input sound into a plurality of sounds caused by a plurality of sound sources, a sound type estimation unit that estimates sound types of the plurality of sounds separated by the sound separation unit, a mixing ratio calculation unit that calculates a mixing ratio of each sound in accordance with the sound type estimated by the sound type estimation unit, and a sound mixing unit that mixes the plurality of sounds separated by the sound separation unit in the mixing ratio calculated by the mixing ratio calculation unit.